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== Meeting time and place ==
 
== Meeting time and place ==
For the Spring 2012 semester, we are meeting in the '''Bamford Room (TLS 171B) Mondays 3-4pm'''
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Every Monday (except Labor Day, Sep. 4) at 3pm in the Bamford Room (TLS 171b).
  
=== Monday, 23 January 2012 ===
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== Schedule for Fall 2017 ==
At this meeting we will discuss possible themes for this semester's seminar, but just to get the ball rolling I have uploaded a short Nature paper for us to discuss:
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=== Sep. 4 ===
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/MoluscsNature.pdf}}Smith et al. 2011. Resolving the evolutionary relationships of molluscs with phylogenomic tools. Nature 480:364-367 (Dec. 2011). [http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v480/n7377/full/nature10526.html doi:10.1038/nature10526]
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Labor day holiday (no meeting)
  
Images created from the data sets provided online showing extent of missing data. The color red indicates new data collected for this study, black indicates existing data, white indicates missing data. Note, if you choose to display these in your browser (rather than downloading them and using Preview or Photoshop to view them), you should be aware that they are very wide but not very tall, so you will have to zoom your browser to see anything (unless you have really good eyes).
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=== Sep. 11 ===
:[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/small_200x50930.png small_200x50930.png]
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Paul and Suman will lead the discussion of the paper:
:[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/large_200x216402.png large_200x216402.png]
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The links below are images of the same two datasets, but wrapped to 1000 pixels wide for easier viewing:
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Brown, J. M., and R. C. Thomson. 2017. Bayes factors unmask highly variable information content, bias, and extreme influence in phylogenomic analyses. Systematic Biology 66(4): 517-530. [https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syw101 doi:10.1093/sysbio/syw101]
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:[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/large_216402sites.png large_216402sites.png]
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=== Monday, 30 January 2012 ===
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=== Sep. 18  (next meeting) ===
Continuing on the phylogenomic theme, Louise Lewis and Karolina Fučíková will lead a discussion on the following shakeup in the green plant tree:
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Noah Reid will lead discussion on this paper today:
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/PLoS%20One%202012%20Timme.pdf}}Timme, R. E., T. R. Bachvaroff and C. R. Delwiche. 2012. Broad Phylogenomic Sampling and the Sister Lineage of Land Plants. PLoS One 7: e29696.
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Images created from the data sets provided online showing extent of missing data. The color black indicates existing data, white indicates missing data. Admonitions for similar images posted for last week's paper apply here as well.
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Shen, Xing-Xing, Chris Todd Hittinger, and Antonis Rokas. "Contentious relationships in phylogenomic studies can be driven by a handful of genes." Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 (2017): 0126.
:[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/S10897_trimmed.png S10897_trimmed.png]
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:[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/S10897_full.png S10897_full.png]
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The same as above, but wrapped to 1000 pixels wide (easier to see):
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0126
:[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/S10897_trimmed_wrap.png S10897_trimmed_wrap.png]
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=== Monday, 6 February 2012 ===
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We’ll be particularly interested in comparing it to this past Monday’s paper:
Switching gears a bit, Russ Meister will lead a discussion on some Mosquito phylogenetics work.  Additionally he will talk about the Digital Mosquito Project he is working on.
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/Phylogenetic%20analysis%20and%20temporal%20diversification%20of%20mosquitoes.pdf}}Phylogenetic analysis and temporal diversification of mosquitoes.pdf
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Brown, Jeremy M., and Robert C. Thomson. "Bayes factors unmask highly variable information content, bias, and extreme influence in phylogenomic analyses." Systematic biology 66.4 (2016): 517-530.
  
=== Monday, 13 February 2012 ===
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https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article-abstract/66/4/517/2950896
Brigette Zacharczenko will discuss some of the challenges of lepidoptera systematics.
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/cho%20et%20al%202011.pdf}}Can Deliberately Incomplete Gene Sample Augmentation Improve a Phylogeny Estimate for the Advanced Moths and Butterflies (Hexapoda: Lepidoptera)?
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=== Monday, 20 February 2012 ===
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=== Sep. 25 ===
Emily Ellis
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/tinn%20and%20oakley%202008.pdf}}Erratic rates of molecular evolution and incongruence of fossil and molecular divergence time estimates in Ostracoda
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=== Monday, 27 February 2012 ===
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=== Oct. 2 ===
Beth Timpe
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/Badets%20et%20al.%202011.pdf}} Badets et al. 2011. ''Correlating Early Evolution of Parasitic Platyhelminths to Gondwana Breakup''
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=== Oct. 9 ===
  
=== Monday, 5 March 2012  ⇐ ===
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=== Oct. 16 ===
Ursula King
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/Zhang%20et%20al.%202011%20High-Throughput%20Sequencing%20of%20Six%20Bamboo%20Chloroplast%20Genomes.pdf}}Zhang et al. 2011. High-Throughput Sequencing of Six Bamboo Chloroplast Genomes: Phylogenetic Implications for Temperate Woody Bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae)
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=== Monday, 12 March 2012 ===
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=== Oct. 23 ===
'''SPRING BREAK''' - no meeting this week
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=== Monday, 19 March 2012 ===
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=== Oct. 30 ===
Lily Lewis
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/systematicsseminar/restricted/Pokorny%20et%20al.%202012.pdf}}Pokorny et al. 2012.pdf Phylogenetic analyses of morphological evolution in the gametophyte and sporophyte generations of the moss order Hookeriales (Bryopsida)
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=== Monday, 26 March 2012 ===
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=== Nov. 6 ===
Geert Goemans and Ben Price
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=== Monday, 2 April 2012 ===
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=== Nov. 13 ===
Veronica Bueno
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=== Monday, 9 April 2012 ===
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=== Nov. 20 ===
Timothy Moore
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=== Monday, 16 April 2012 ===
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=== Nov. 27 ===
  
=== Monday, 23 April 2012 ===
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=== Dec. 4 ===
  
== Past Systematics Seminars ==
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== Information for discussion leaders ==
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'''Seminar Format:''' Registered students be prepared to lead discussions, perhaps more than once depending on the number of participants.
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The leader(s) will be responsible both for (1) selection of readings, (2) announcing the selection, (3) an introductory presentation, (4) driving discussion and (5) setting up and putting away the projector. 
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'''Readings:''' In consultation with the instructors, each leader should assign one primary paper for discussion and up to two other ancillary papers or resources.  The readings should be posted to EEBedia at least 5 days in advance.
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'''Announcing the reading:''' The leader should add an entry to the schedule (see below) by editing this page. There are two ways to create a link to the paper:
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1. If the paper is available online through our library, it is sufficient to create a link to the DOI:
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<nowiki>:[http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syv041 Doyle et al. 2015. Syst. Biol. 64:824-837.]</nowiki>
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In this case, you need not give all the citation details because the DOI should always be sufficient to find the paper. The colon (:) at the beginning of the link causes the link to be indented an placed on a separate line. Note that the DOI is in the form of a URL, starting with <code><nowiki>http://dx.doi.org/</nowiki></code>. Here is how the above link looks embedded in this EEBedia page:
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:[http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syv041 Doyle et al. 2015. Syst. Biol. 64:824-837.]
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2. If the paper is not available through the library, upload a PDF of the paper to [http://dropbox.uconn.edu the UConn dropbox], being sure to use the secure version so that it can be password protected. Copy the URL provided by dropbox, and create a link to it as follows (see the [[Dropbox Test]] page for other examples):
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<nowiki>:[https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=SystBiol-2015-Doyle-824-37.pdf&p=ELPFIc5NtO3c4V44Ls Doyle et al. 2015.]</nowiki>
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In this case, you should provide a full citation to the paper for the benefit of those that visit the site long after the dropbox link has expired; however, the full details need not be part of the link text. Here is what this kind of link looks like embedded in this EEBedia page:
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:[https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=SystBiol-2015-Doyle-824-37.pdf&p=ELPFIc5NtO3c4V44Ls Doyle et al. 2015.] Full citation: Vinson P. Doyle, Randee E. Young, Gavin J. P. Naylor, and Jeremy M. Brown. 2015. Can We Identify Genes with Increased Phylogenetic Reliability? Systematic Biology 64 (5): 824-837. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syv041
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If you have ancillary papers, upload those to the dropbox individually and create separate links.
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Finally, send a note to the [[Systematics Listserv]] letting everyone know that a paper is available.
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'''Introductory PowerPoint/KeyNote Presentation:''' Introduce your topic with a 10- to 15-minute PowerPoint or KeyNote presentation.  Dedicate at least 2/3 of that time to placing the subject into the broader context of the subject areas/themes and at most 1/3 of it introducing paper, special definitions, taxa, methods, etc. Never exceed 15 minutes.  (For example, for a reading on figs and fig-wasps, broaden the scope to plant-herbivore co-evolution.).  Add images, include short movie clips, visit web resources, etc. to keep the presentation engaging.  Although your presentation should not be a review of the primary reading, showing key figures from the readings may be helpful (and appreciated).  You may also want to provide more detail and background about ancillary readings which likely have not been read by all.
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'''Discussion:''' You are responsible for driving the discussion.  Assume everyone in attendance has read the main paper. There are excellent suggestions for generating class discussions on Chris Elphick’s Current Topics in Conservation Biology course site.  See section under expectations. 
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Prepare 3-5 questions that you expect will spur discussion.  Ideally, you would distribute questions a day or two before our class meeting.
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'''Projector:'''
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The presenter will be responsible for setting up the projector for each class session—you will need to get it from the EEB office, make sure you have appropriate adaptors and have it set up so that class can begin on schedule. Kathy has reserved the pink projector for our class. If you do not have a laptop, let Wagner know and he will bring his. (Nick McIntosh may also be able to provide a loaner.)
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== Past Seminars ==
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* [[Systematics Seminar Fall 2014|Fall 2014]]
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* [[Systematics Seminar Fall 2013|Fall 2013]]
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* [[Systematics Seminar Spring 2012|Spring 2012]]
 
* [[Systematics Seminar Fall 2011|Fall 2011]]
 
* [[Systematics Seminar Fall 2011|Fall 2011]]
 
* [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/wiki/index.php/Statistical_phylogeography  Spring 2011] (we joined Kent Holsinger's seminar on Statistical Phylogeography this semester)
 
* [http://darwin.eeb.uconn.edu/wiki/index.php/Statistical_phylogeography  Spring 2011] (we joined Kent Holsinger's seminar on Statistical Phylogeography this semester)

Revision as of 17:41, 18 September 2017

This is the home page of the UConn EEB department's Systematics Seminar (EEB 6486). This is a graduate seminar devoted to issues of interest to graduate students and faculty who make up the systematics program at the University of Connecticut.

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Meeting time and place

Every Monday (except Labor Day, Sep. 4) at 3pm in the Bamford Room (TLS 171b).

Schedule for Fall 2017

Sep. 4

Labor day holiday (no meeting)

Sep. 11

Paul and Suman will lead the discussion of the paper:

Brown, J. M., and R. C. Thomson. 2017. Bayes factors unmask highly variable information content, bias, and extreme influence in phylogenomic analyses. Systematic Biology 66(4): 517-530. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syw101

Sep. 18 (next meeting)

Noah Reid will lead discussion on this paper today:

Shen, Xing-Xing, Chris Todd Hittinger, and Antonis Rokas. "Contentious relationships in phylogenomic studies can be driven by a handful of genes." Nature Ecology & Evolution 1 (2017): 0126.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0126

We’ll be particularly interested in comparing it to this past Monday’s paper:

Brown, Jeremy M., and Robert C. Thomson. "Bayes factors unmask highly variable information content, bias, and extreme influence in phylogenomic analyses." Systematic biology 66.4 (2016): 517-530.

https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article-abstract/66/4/517/2950896

Sep. 25

Oct. 2

Oct. 9

Oct. 16

Oct. 23

Oct. 30

Nov. 6

Nov. 13

Nov. 20

Nov. 27

Dec. 4

Information for discussion leaders

Seminar Format: Registered students be prepared to lead discussions, perhaps more than once depending on the number of participants.

The leader(s) will be responsible both for (1) selection of readings, (2) announcing the selection, (3) an introductory presentation, (4) driving discussion and (5) setting up and putting away the projector.

Readings: In consultation with the instructors, each leader should assign one primary paper for discussion and up to two other ancillary papers or resources. The readings should be posted to EEBedia at least 5 days in advance.

Announcing the reading: The leader should add an entry to the schedule (see below) by editing this page. There are two ways to create a link to the paper:

1. If the paper is available online through our library, it is sufficient to create a link to the DOI:

:[http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syv041 Doyle et al. 2015. Syst. Biol. 64:824-837.]

In this case, you need not give all the citation details because the DOI should always be sufficient to find the paper. The colon (:) at the beginning of the link causes the link to be indented an placed on a separate line. Note that the DOI is in the form of a URL, starting with http://dx.doi.org/. Here is how the above link looks embedded in this EEBedia page:

Doyle et al. 2015. Syst. Biol. 64:824-837.

2. If the paper is not available through the library, upload a PDF of the paper to the UConn dropbox, being sure to use the secure version so that it can be password protected. Copy the URL provided by dropbox, and create a link to it as follows (see the Dropbox Test page for other examples):

:[https://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=SystBiol-2015-Doyle-824-37.pdf&p=ELPFIc5NtO3c4V44Ls Doyle et al. 2015.]

In this case, you should provide a full citation to the paper for the benefit of those that visit the site long after the dropbox link has expired; however, the full details need not be part of the link text. Here is what this kind of link looks like embedded in this EEBedia page:

Doyle et al. 2015. Full citation: Vinson P. Doyle, Randee E. Young, Gavin J. P. Naylor, and Jeremy M. Brown. 2015. Can We Identify Genes with Increased Phylogenetic Reliability? Systematic Biology 64 (5): 824-837. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syv041

If you have ancillary papers, upload those to the dropbox individually and create separate links.

Finally, send a note to the Systematics Listserv letting everyone know that a paper is available.

Introductory PowerPoint/KeyNote Presentation: Introduce your topic with a 10- to 15-minute PowerPoint or KeyNote presentation. Dedicate at least 2/3 of that time to placing the subject into the broader context of the subject areas/themes and at most 1/3 of it introducing paper, special definitions, taxa, methods, etc. Never exceed 15 minutes. (For example, for a reading on figs and fig-wasps, broaden the scope to plant-herbivore co-evolution.). Add images, include short movie clips, visit web resources, etc. to keep the presentation engaging. Although your presentation should not be a review of the primary reading, showing key figures from the readings may be helpful (and appreciated). You may also want to provide more detail and background about ancillary readings which likely have not been read by all.

Discussion: You are responsible for driving the discussion. Assume everyone in attendance has read the main paper. There are excellent suggestions for generating class discussions on Chris Elphick’s Current Topics in Conservation Biology course site. See section under expectations.

Prepare 3-5 questions that you expect will spur discussion. Ideally, you would distribute questions a day or two before our class meeting.

Projector: The presenter will be responsible for setting up the projector for each class session—you will need to get it from the EEB office, make sure you have appropriate adaptors and have it set up so that class can begin on schedule. Kathy has reserved the pink projector for our class. If you do not have a laptop, let Wagner know and he will bring his. (Nick McIntosh may also be able to provide a loaner.)

Past Seminars